The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-08-04

of the situation, | may be INDUCED IN
urging that this high calling be fully
| honored by US all
That we should be free from the in
fuence Of selfish ends, when such ends
rise as a balance of power, at the
juncture where principle is at stake ;
that we should be willing to sacrifice
everything, which the nature of the
case requires, in order that sterling
integrity and principle should live.
Whether Henry Clay could have
stemmed the current which some
strong temptation might have set be-
fore him, and have exempllhed, under
pressure, his immortal words it is not
for us to surrnise, counting the factors
Of human weakness. but that ne planted
4 standard upon which we all should
. look, and a standard which we all
should carry, have no doubt, when
/ he said, Il would rather be right than
/ President" If we shall attain our
highest development, gentlemen, this
/ is the stuff of which we must be made.
That man dies honcred who lives with
a courage of honest convictions, and
! falterS not to express them when the
time is at hand. And that, too, when
his name is not on the roster Of the
winning side. 1t has been said that
the newspaper known as the London
Times has more influence on the Brit
ISL government than the Queen and
her cabinet We need not be reminded
of this to recall again the wide sphere
and unbounded limits of our influence
for good or evil as the journalists of
our proud old commonwealth, and as
an integral part of the press Of our
great American Union.
We are living in days OF wide posi-
Gilities, of grand and sweeping oppor-
tunitics, Of increasing responsibilities.
Great problems are to be solved, tam
gled and intricate complications are to
be handled, and, it may be, we shall
need Alexanders to cut the knots in
, harness of Gordus. Do not forget
that in all this the very arduousncss of
the task Will be the glory of the work
accomplished.
As adopted and native sons Of the
Old North State let it be your pride,
as | know it will be, to honor her
name. Let your love for the grand
old commonwealth play around the
memories of her past glory, until, like
CASTOR, her great jurist, looking upon
the scene of her Mecklenburg Declara-
ton of Independence and then upon
the host Of her hospitable sons and
true hearted daughters, you may break
forth:
"Carolina Carolina . Heavens blessings
attend her,
While we live we will cherish. protect,
and defend her,
Though the scorner may sheer at her and
Writings defane her,
Our heart swells with gladncss whenever
we name her,
" Though she envies not others their merit
ed glory,
Say, whose name stands the foremost in
LibtrtyS story?
Plain and artless her sons, but whose doors
open faster
To the knock of the stranger or the tale of
disaster?
How like to the rudeness of her dear native
mountains,
With rich ore in their bosoms and life in
their fountains
We welcome you gentlemen, to
Western North Carolina, where these
rich ores fill the bosoms of these dear
native mountains" and where flow
those streams which have " life in their
fountains If you will allow us to
count from the ground up, Western
North Carolina is to continue to be the
biggsSt end of the State in more respects
than one. Our development at pres
ent is but the promise of greater
growth in the future.
We welcome you to our beautiful
Hendersonville, called by one, not
native here, q the pearl Of mountain
towns" The beauty of its situation,
together with other natural advanta-
ges peculiar to us, give promise that
it is to be a queen among the future
little cities of this growing people.
Breathe our mountain air, it is in
MIGRATING; drink our sparkling arctic
waters, they are refreshing; view our
lovely landscapes, these are charming
sleep, when the time comes, our sweet
mountain slumbers-for it takes no |
vampire to fan the foot of the weary |
traveller that he may sleep under the
bright twinkle of our stars. This air,
these waters, these landscapes, such
sleep, are all free, but not freer than :
the hospitality of the citizens of Hen
which, in their behalf |
now extend to you.
Take the town, gentlemen, it is
yours.
At the request Of the President Mr.. T.
B. Eldridge ofthe Lexington Dispatch,
to this address, thanking
the speaker and the citizens of Hen
Jacksonville for their words Of welcome,
and expressing the pleasure of the
members of the Association at being
among such a generous and hospitable
people. He thanked them for their
Kind invitation that had been extended
he editors to hold their annual meet
ng in that beautiful little mountain